The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, Malka Older
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, Malka Older
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The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses

Author: Malka Older

Narrator: Lindsey Dorcus

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/10/2025

Synopsis

A brand-new entry in the Hugo, Nebula, and Ignyte Award–nominated sapphic, cozy space-opera mystery series The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, which Charlie Jane Anders calls "an utter triumph." When a former classmate begs Pleiti for help on behalf of her cousin—who’s up for a prestigious academic position at a rival Jovian university but has been accused of plagiarism on the eve of her defense—Pleiti agrees to investigate the matter. Even if she has to do it without Mossa, her partner in more ways than one. Even if she’s still reeling from Mossa’s sudden isolation and bewildering rejection. Yet what appears to be a case of an attempted reputational smearing devolves into something decidedly more dangerous—and possibly deadly. “The mystery will enthrall those looking for more sci-fi/mystery blends, while Mossa and Pleiti’s relationship is a delight for sapphic romance readers.”—Library Journal

About Malka Older

MALKA OLDER is a writer, aid worker, and sociologist. Her science-fiction political thriller Infomocracy was named one of the best books of 2016 by Kirkus, Book Riot, and the Washington Post. The Centenal Cycle trilogy, which also includes Null States (2017) and State Tectonics (2018), is a finalist for the Hugo Best Series Award of 2018. She is also the creator of the serial Ninth Step Station, currently running on Serial Box, and her short story collection And Other Disasters will come out in December 2019. Named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs for 2015, she has more than a decade of field experience in humanitarian aid and development. Her doctoral work on the sociology of organizations at Sciences Po Paris explores the dynamics of post-disaster improvisation in governments.

Reviews

Goodreads review by EveStar91 on May 18, 2025

That is, I regret it now; but when I probe the gallimaufry of blurred memories from that night I can still feel the potency of the ungovernable impulse that demanded I place my palms on her bony shoulders, the elation of pouring my strength into the shove, of feeling her weight and solidity shocked......more

Goodreads review by Mara on April 25, 2025

4.5 Stars - This is the best book in the series so far, IMO! A clear homage to The Hound of the Baskervilles, this investigation not only delivered on plot, but also significantly deepened the dynamic between Mossa & Pleiti. Before, I didn't totally understand what went wrong with them the first tim......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on May 01, 2025

4.5 stars rounded up I love this series and will always read them!! Sci-fi mysteries with a sapphic Watson/Holmes dynamic that's super academic? Sign me up! This is the third installment, and Pleiti is taking the lead. A friend from another university is concerned about threats to her cousin who is u......more

Goodreads review by Chantaal on June 16, 2025

This series continues to be a comfort read series for me, and though I didn't enjoy this entry quite as much as the first two, it's still enjoyable and lovely to be in this world with Mossa and Pleiti. In this third novel, we follow along with Pleiti as she helps an old school friend with a mystery a......more

Goodreads review by Brok3n on June 17, 2025

Pleiti vs the Comemierdas Novel 3 of Malka Ann Older's Mossa and Pleiti mystery series continues the established scheme of choosing complex abstract noun phrases as titles, in this case The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses. The Mossa and Pleiti mysteries take place on a future Jupiter (referred to as......more

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